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[doris]

Re: Visitor Messages, Friends, Private Messages, etc.

yes i see...but wow, we know google stores it all, there is hardly a place a google bot cannot reach, and so the "privacy" on the internet is only assumed. ... thanks for the infos

[doris]

Re: Visitor Messages, Friends, Private Messages, etc.

yes, that is good,that we have the choice..,,and, i did not mean to offend... but it is all there, and even if i (we) decide not to use it, we are confronted with it and need work our way through it ,,,like i received requests for...

[doris]

Re: Visitor Messages, Friends, Private Messages, etc.

hmmm... why are wci trying to copy facebook ? ... if we want that, we can go there, can we not ??? ... here, we want talk carving, and carving related things, and fun stuff in off topic section,,, but what you describe is like we make...

[doris]

Re: How many cuts?

i started carving with knife, and immediately cut myself, ,,,but then i switched to chisels,,, i never cut myself, since i use gouges and chisels, and that is already 3 1/2 year ...impossible to cut yourself with those, since the work is fixed on table, and both hands...

[doris]

Re: Grapevine Relief Project


exactely this is how i do it too... when i start thinking about grain direction, i seem not to be able to carve clean,,,when i stop thinking, but simply feel how the chisels cut, grain direction is never a problem....

[doris]

Re: clicking off forum

well, i for one dislike the new way the pictures present too. i need wait for loading them. before, i was able to read other posts while the images loaded in background. and when they finsihed doing that, i could look them like i wanted...now, the viewer does tricks...

[doris]

Re: Steps in a relief carving

i am sorry if i did intimadate you. yes, the basic outline of reliefcarving is as you listed in the numbers 1-4. my suggestion is, pic a nice not too complicated project, and just start doing it. you will see how many things "fall into place" once...

[doris]

Re: Steps in a relief carving

yes, phil that is right,,,but i would prefer not emphasis levels, its rather that you try to see the object you want carve in relief in a "compressed form", like when you press on an ballon, say, and it gets flatter...you want do exactely such with...

[doris]

Re: Steps in a relief carving

here are the links i meant for you :
http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.co...project-28876/
http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.co...nel-wip-27892/

[doris]

Re: Steps in a relief carving

hi jbergs... here are some projects on wci you can follow to see how we do it... to your points,,, yes 1, yes 2 if needed, yes 3 and bosting means finding the basic rough shapes, and, make stopcuts not too deep at the begiining, so you have room the improve...

[doris]

Re: alphonse mucha panel wip

thank you everybody for your kind and encouraging words... yes, the depth is something i am worrying about. i am trying to make the panel read well from the main viewing angle, and main lightning it will have when installed. so glad, sharon, you think i am...

[doris]

Re: Grapevine Relief Project

oh, i am going to folllow this one too, we rarely see long progress wips here, and i so enjoy looking how others approach the tasks at hand. thanks for sharing in much detail of everything around too !! :-)

[doris]

Re: alphonse mucha panel wip

i now worked on the bottom of the panel, cut out the geometric design, and also started shaping the draperie under her feet.

tried to give the illusion of roundness. geez, what have i put me into ?? i have pushed down at the border

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[doris]

Re: CARVING for girls

hmmm, not a caricature,,,,but i made a clef pendant i carved from agate, for a friend who is a lover of music (a pic is in the offtopic section of my blog, in the stonecarvinggallery). i think that would look nice carved from a beautiful wood too, and would make...